53Synonyms found for intense

Word Origin & History

intense c.1400, from M.Fr. intense, from L. intensus "stretched, strained, tight," originally pp. of intendere "to stretch out, strain" (see intend); thus, literally, "high-strung." Intensity formed in Eng. 1665 (earlier was intenseness, 1614); sense of "extreme depth of feeling" first recorded 1830. Intensify (1817) was first used by Coleridge, in place of intend, which was no longer felt as connected with intense.

Example Sentences for intense

Instinct might suggest that a full-throttle, intense cheese deserves a great wine.

They stuck with data and science, got more and more intense and forceful, and forgot all about empathy.